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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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